Method and apparatus for training model, method and apparatus for predicting mineral, device, and storage medium

ABSTRACT

The present disclosure discloses a method and apparatus for training a model, a method and apparatus for predicting a mineral, a device and a storage medium, and relates to the fields of computer vision and deep learning technologies. An implementation of the method may include: acquiring a target hyperspectral image of a target area, the target hyperspectral image including at least one pixel point annotated with a mineral category; determining a mask image corresponding to the target hyperspectral image; determining a sample hyperspectral image according to the target hyperspectral image and the mask image; determining an annotation vector of each pixel point according to the at least one pixel point annotated with the mineral category; and training a model according to the sample hyperspectral image and the annotation vector of the each pixel point.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application claims priority to Chinese Patent Application No.202110090431.1, filed with the China National Intellectual PropertyAdministration (CNIPA) on Jan. 22, 2021, the content of which isincorporated herein by reference in its entirety.

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present disclosure relates to the field of computer technology,particularly to the fields of computer vision and deep learningtechnologies, and more particularly to a method and apparatus fortraining a model, a method and apparatus for predicting a mineral, adevice and a storage medium.

BACKGROUND

Mineral exploration occupies an important position in the development ofnational economy and industrialization. The purpose of the mineralexploration is to investigate the geological types and properties in acertain area, so as to ascertain the quality and distribution ofminerals.

Hyperspectral imaging has advantages of wide coverage, non-contactmeasurement, high security and low cost. Since minerals and rocks thathave different proportions of elements may show differentcharacteristics in an electromagnetic spectrum, the hyperspectralimaging is directive to the study and determination on the kinds,distributions and magnitudes of minerals in the shallow subsurface.People may use hyperspectral images to perform a prediction and anevaluation on the kinds and distributions of minerals in the shallowsubsurface within a large area in combination with a small number ofmanually surveyed actual samples and using a machine learning method anda deep learning method, thereby reducing the cost of manual explorationand improving the exploration efficiency.

SUMMARY

A method and apparatus for training a model, a method and apparatus forpredicting a mineral, a device and a storage medium are provided.

According to a first aspect, some embodiments of the present disclosureprovide a method for training a model. The method includes: acquiring atarget hyperspectral image of a target area, the target hyperspectralimage including at least one pixel point annotated with a mineralcategory; determining a mask image corresponding to the targethyperspectral image; determining a sample hyperspectral image based onthe target hyperspectral image and the mask image; determiningannotation vectors of pixel points in the at least one pixel point basedon the at least one pixel point annotated with the mineral category; andtraining a model based on the sample hyperspectral image and theannotation vectors of the pixel points.

According to a second aspect, some embodiments of the present disclosureprovide a method for predicting a mineral. The method includes:acquiring a to-be-predicted hyperspectral image of a to-be-predictedarea; and predicting a mineral category included in the to-be-predictedarea based on the to-be-predicted hyperspectral image and the modeltrained and obtained through the method according to the first aspect.

According to a third aspect, some embodiments of the present disclosureprovide an apparatus for training a model. The apparatus includes: afirst acquiring unit, configured to acquire a target hyperspectral imageof a target area, the target hyperspectral image including at least onepixel point annotated with a mineral category; a mask determining unit,configured to determine a mask image corresponding to the targethyperspectral image; a sample determining unit, configured to determinea sample hyperspectral image based on the target hyperspectral image andthe mask image; a vector determining unit, configured to determineannotation vectors of pixel points in the at least one pixel point basedon the at least one pixel point annotated with the mineral category; anda model training unit, configured to train a model based on the samplehyperspectral image and the annotation vectors of the pixel points.

According to a fourth aspect, some embodiments of the present disclosureprovide an apparatus for predicting a mineral. The apparatus includes: asecond acquiring unit, configured to acquire a to-be-predictedhyperspectral image of a to-be-predicted area; and a mineral predictingunit, configured to predict a mineral category included in theto-be-predicted area based on the to-be-predicted hyperspectral imageand the model trained and obtained through the method according to thefirst aspect.

According to a fifth aspect, some embodiments of the present disclosureprovide an electronic device for performing a method for training amodel. The electronic device includes: at least one processor; and astorage device, communicated with the at least one processor, where thestorage device stores an instruction executable by the at least oneprocessor, and the instruction is executed by the at least oneprocessor, to enable the at least one processor to perform the methodaccording to the first aspect.

According to a sixth aspect, some embodiments of the present disclosureprovide an electronic device for performing a method for predicting amineral. The electronic device includes at least one processor; and astorage device, communicated with the at least one processor, where thestorage device stores an instruction executable by the at least oneprocessor, and the instruction is executed by the at least oneprocessor, to enable the at least one processor to perform the methodaccording to the second aspect.

According to a seventh aspect, some embodiments of the presentdisclosure provide a non-transitory computer readable storage medium,storing a computer instruction, wherein the computer instruction is usedto cause a processor to perform the method according to the first aspector the method according to the second aspect.

According to an eighth aspect, some embodiments of the presentdisclosure provide a computer program product, comprising a computerprogram, wherein the computer program, when executed by a processor,implements the method according to the first aspect or the methodaccording to the second aspect.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The accompanying drawings are used for a better understanding of thescheme, and do not constitute a limitation to embodiments of the presentdisclosure. Here:

FIG. 1 is a diagram of an example system architecture in which anembodiment of the present disclosure may be applied;

FIG. 2 is a flowchart of a method for training a model according to anembodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 3 is a flowchart of the method for training a model according toanother embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 4 is a flowchart of a method for predicting a mineral according toan embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of an application scenario of the methodfor training a model and the method for predicting a mineral accordingto an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of an apparatus for training amodel according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of an apparatus for predictinga mineral according to an embodiment of the present disclosure; and

FIG. 8 is a block diagram of an electronic device used to implement themethod for training a model and the method for predicting a mineralaccording to embodiments of the present disclosure.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS

Embodiments of present disclosure will be described below in detail withreference to the accompanying drawings. It should be appreciated thatthe specific embodiments described herein are merely used for explainingthe relevant disclosure, rather than limiting the disclosure. Inaddition, it should be noted that, for the ease of description, only theparts related to the relevant disclosure are shown in the accompanyingdrawings.

It should also be noted that the some embodiments in the presentdisclosure and some features in the disclosure may be combined with eachother on a non-conflict basis. Features of the present disclosure willbe described below in detail with reference to the accompanying drawingsand in combination with embodiments.

FIG. 1 illustrates an example system architecture 100 in which a methodfor training a model, a method for predicting a mineral, an apparatusfor training a model or an apparatus for predicting a mineral accordingto embodiments of the present disclosure may be applied.

As shown in FIG. 1, the system architecture 100 may include an imagecollection device 101, a network 102, a terminal device 103 and a server104. The image collection device 101 is used to collect a hyperspectralimage of a target area and send the collected hyperspectral image to theterminal device 103 or the server 104 via the network 102. The network102 serves as a medium providing a communication link between the imagecollection device 101 and the terminal device 103 and the server 104.The network 102 may include various types of connections, for example,wired or wireless communication links, or optical fiber cables.

A user may process, by using the terminal device 103, the hyperspectralimage collected by the image collection device 101, to obtain a trainedmodel or a mineral prediction result. Various communication clientapplications (e.g., an image processing application) may be installed onthe terminal device 103.

The terminal device 103 may be hardware or software. When being thehardware, the terminal device 103 may be various electronic devices, theelectronic devices including, but not limited to, a laptop portablecomputer, a desktop computer, and the like. When being the software, theterminal device 103 may be installed in the above listed electronicdevices. The terminal device may be implemented as a plurality of piecesof software or a plurality of software modules (e.g., software orsoftware modules for providing a distributed service), or as a singlepiece of software or a single software module, which will not bespecifically defined here.

The server 104 may be a server providing various services. For example,the server 104 may be a backend server providing a mineral predictionmodel to the terminal device 103. The backend server may train a modelusing a training sample, to obtain the mineral prediction model, andfeed back the obtained mineral prediction model to the terminal device103.

It should be noted that the server 104 may be hardware or software. Whenbeing the hardware, the server 104 may be implemented as a distributedserver cluster composed of a plurality of servers, or may be implementedas a single server. When being the software, the server 104 may beimplemented as a plurality of pieces of software or a plurality ofsoftware modules (e.g., software or software modules for providing adistributed service), or may be implemented as a single piece ofsoftware or a single software module, which will not be specificallydefined here.

It should also be noted that the method for training a model provided inembodiments of the present disclosure may be performed by the terminaldevice 103 or the server 104, and the method for predicting a mineralmay also be performed by the terminal device 103 or the server 104.Correspondingly, the apparatus for training a model and the apparatusfor predicting a mineral may be provided in the server 104.

It should be appreciated that the numbers of the terminal devices, thenetworks, and the servers in FIG. 1 are merely illustrative. Any numberof terminal devices, networks, and servers may be provided based onactual requirements.

Further referring to FIG. 2, FIG. 2 illustrates a flow 200 of a methodfor training a model according to an embodiment of the presentdisclosure. The method for training a model in this embodiment includesthe following steps:

Step 201, acquiring a target hyperspectral image of a target area.

In this embodiment, an executing body (e.g., the terminal device 103 orthe server 104 shown in FIG. 1) of the method for training a model mayacquire the target hyperspectral image of the target area in variousways. The target hyperspectral image may be collected and obtained by animage collection apparatus though various ways. For example, the targethyperspectral image may be collected and obtained by an image collectionapparatus carried by an unmanned aerial vehicle. The target area mayrefer to various areas to be explored, for example, a certain mountainarea. The target hyperspectral image includes a plurality of pixelpoints, and at least one pixel point has been annotated with a mineralcategory. The mineral category may refer to any one of the categories ofvarious proven minerals, and may be represented using a correspondingidentifier.

Step 202, determining a mask image corresponding to the targethyperspectral image.

After determining the target hyperspectral image, the executing body maydetermine a corresponding mask image. The size of the above mask imagemay be the same as that of the target hyperspectral image. The maskimage may include a pixel point of which the pixel value is 0 or 1.Particularly, the executing body may select a plurality of pixel pointsfrom the above at least one pixel point annotated with a mineralcategory, and set the pixel values of the pixel points in the mask imagewhich correspond to the selected pixel points to 1.

Step 203, determining a sample hyperspectral image based on the targethyperspectral image and the mask image.

The executing body may superimpose the target hyperspectral image andthe mask image to obtain the sample hyperspectral image. It may beappreciated that each pixel point in the sample hyperspectral image isalready annotated with a mineral category.

Step 204, determining annotation vectors of pixel points in the at leastone pixel points based on at least one pixel point annotated with amineral category.

The executing body may determine the annotation vector of each pixelpoint in the at least one pixel points based on each pixel pointannotated with the mineral category. Each annotation vector may becomposed of a plurality of numbers of values, and each of the valuescorresponds to a different mineral category. For each pixel point, ifthe pixel point is annotated with a mineral category, the annotatedmineral category may be represented by “1” in the annotation vector ofthe pixel point. For example, the annotation vector includes threevalues, where (1, 0, 0) represents that the mineral category is a firstcategory, (0, 1, 0) represents that the mineral category is a secondcategory, and (0, 0, 1) represents that the mineral category is a thirdcategory. Alternatively, the executing body may perform variousoperations on the location of the each pixel point and the mineralcategory with which the each pixel point is annotated, to determine theannotation vector.

Step 205, training a model based on the sample hyperspectral image andthe annotation vectors of the pixel points.

The executing body may train the model by using the sample hyperspectralimage and the annotation vectors of the pixel points. Particularly, theexecuting body may use the sample hyperspectral image as the input of aninitial model, and compare the output of the initial model withannotation vectors of the pixel points. Based on the comparison result,the parameter of the initial model is iteratively updated, therebyimplementing the training on the model.

According to the method for training a model provided in the aboveembodiment of the present disclosure, the model may be trained by usinga single sample hyperspectral image and the annotation of each pixelpoint in the image, thereby reducing the number of images required forthe training of the model and improving the efficiency of the trainingof the model. In addition, the pixel points used in the training of themodel are from the same area, that is, there is a spatial continuitybetween the pixel points. In this way, the spatial continuity of theprediction result of the model is also ensured.

Referring to FIG. 3, FIG. 3 illustrates a flow 300 of a method fortraining a model according to another embodiment of the presentdisclosure. As shown in FIG. 3, the method in this embodiment mayinclude the following steps:

Step 301, acquiring an initial hyperspectral image of a target area;selecting at least one key point in the target area and determining amineral category of the at least one key point; determining, in theinitial hyperspectral image, at least one pixel point corresponding tothe at least one key point according to an actual location correspondingto the at least one key point; and determining, based on the mineralcategory of the at least one key point, a mineral category with whichthe at least one pixel point is annotated, to obtain the targethyperspectral image.

In this embodiment, the executing body may first acquire the initialhyperspectral image of the target area. The initial hyperspectral imagemay refer to a hyperspectral image which is collected by an imagecollection apparatus and on which none processing has been performed.The executing body may select at least one key point in the target area.The above at least one key point may refer to points scattered in thetarget area, and the above scattered points may refer to places wherethe terrain is relatively flat. Alternatively, the executing body mayuniformly select, from the initial hyperspectral image, a plurality ofpoints as key points. After determining the key points, the executingbody sends the key points to a technician, and the technician mayexplore the mineral category of the above key points in the field. Then,according to the actual location corresponding to the above at least onekey point, the executing body may determine at least one pixel pointcorresponding to the above at least one key point in the initialhyperspectral image. Particularly, the executing body may determine,based on an external parameter of the image collection apparatus, atransformation matrix from a geodetic coordinate system to an imagecoordinate system, thereby obtaining, in the initial hyperspectralimage, the at least one pixel point corresponding to the key points. Foreach key point, the executing body may use the mineral category of thekey point as the mineral category with which the corresponding pixelpoint is annotated.

Step 302, determining a mask image according to a pixel point annotatedwith the mineral category and a pixel point not annotated with themineral category in the target hyperspectral image.

The pixel value corresponding to the pixel point annotated with themineral category may be set as 1, and the pixel value corresponding tothe pixel point not annotated with the mineral category may be set as 0.

Step 303, determining a sample hyperspectral image based on the targethyperspectral image and the mask image.

Step 304, determining a length of the annotation vectors according tothe number of mineral categories with which the at least one pixel pointis annotated; and determining, for each pixel point, an annotationvector of the pixel point according to a mineral category with which thepixel point is annotated.

After determining the mineral category with which the each pixel pointis annotated, the executing body may count the number of the mineralcategories with which the at least one pixel point is annotated. Theabove counted number is used as the length of the annotation vector. Foreach pixel point, the annotation vector of the pixel point is determinedaccording to the mineral category with which the pixel point isannotated. For example, the annotation vector includes three values, fora pixel point annotated with a first category, the annotation vector ofthe pixel point is represented by (1, 0, 0); for a pixel point annotatedwith a second category, the annotation vector of the pixel point isrepresented by (0, 1, 0); for a pixel point annotated with a thirdcategory, the annotation vector of the pixel point is represented by (0,0, 1).

Step 305, using the sample hyperspectral image as an input of the modelto determine a prediction vector of the each pixel point; anddetermining a loss function value based on the prediction vector and theannotation vector of the each pixel point, and iteratively training themodel according to the loss function value.

The executing body may use the sample hyperspectral image as the inputand use the output of the model as a mineral prediction vector of eachpixel point. Then, the loss function value is determined based on theprediction vector and the annotation vector of the each pixel point.Particularly, the executing body may substitute the prediction vectorand the annotation vector of the each pixel point into a calculationformula of a loss function, to obtain the loss function value. The aboveloss function may refer to a cross entropy loss function, which may berepresented as Loss_CE=CrossEntropy(mask o P, Y). Here, mask representsa mask image, o represents a Hadamard multiplication, P represents aprediction vector, and Y represents an annotation vector. If the lossfunction value is greater than a preset threshold value, the parameterof the model is updated to continue the training. If the loss functionvalue is less than the preset threshold value, it indicates that theaccuracy of the model is high, and thus, the training on the model maybe completed.

In some alternative implementations of this embodiment, a regularizationterm may be added to the loss function to avoid over-fitting, such thatthe probabilities that minerals in the neighboring space are predictedas the same category are as close as possible. The regularization termmay include, but not limited to, laplacian regularization, TVregularization, and the like.

According to the method for training a model provided in the aboveembodiment of the present disclosure, the model may be trained using themineral categories with which the plurality of key points in the targetarea are annotated, thereby reducing the amount of work in the trainingof the model.

FIG. 4 illustrates a flow 400 of a method for predicting a mineralaccording to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG.4, the method for predicting a mineral in this embodiment may includethe following steps:

Step 401, acquiring a to-be-predicted hyperspectral image of ato-be-predicted area.

In this embodiment, an executing body may acquire a to-be-predictedhyperspectral image of the to-be-predicted area. The size of theto-be-predicted hyperspectral image may be the same as the size of thesample hyperspectral image in the embodiment shown in FIG. 2 or FIG. 3.The to-be-predicted area may be a target area, or may be another area.

Step 402, predicting a mineral category included in the to-be-predictedarea according to the to-be-predicted hyperspectral image and a modeltrained and obtained through a method for training a model.

The executing body may input the to-be-predicted hyperspectral imageinto a model trained and obtained by using the embodiment shown in FIG.2 or FIG. 3, and the obtained output is the prediction result for themineral category in the to-be-predicted area.

In some alternative implementations of this embodiment, the executingbody may count the areas having the same mineral category to obtain astatistical result, and display the statistical result to a user.

According to the method for predicting a mineral provided in the aboveembodiment of the present disclosure, the trained model may be utilizedto perform the mineral prediction, thereby improving the efficiency ofthe mineral prediction.

Further referring to FIG. 5, FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of anapplication scenario of the method for training a model and the methodfor predicting a mineral according to an embodiment of the presentdisclosure. In the application scenario of FIG. 5, an unmanned aerialvehicle 501 carries a camera to collect a hyperspectral image of atarget area, and sends the collected hyperspectral image to atechnician. The technician selects a plurality of key points from thehyperspectral image, explores mineral categories of the minerals at theplurality of key points in the field, and annotates, in thehyperspectral image, pixel points corresponding to the above pluralityof key points with the explored mineral categories to obtain a targethyperspectral image. The above target hyperspectral image is inputtedinto a terminal 502, and the terminal 502 determines annotation vectorsof the pixel points in the target hyperspectral image. A mask image isobtained according to the pixel points annotated with the mineralcategories in the target hyperspectral image. The mask image and thetarget hyperspectral image are superimposed to obtain a samplehyperspectral image. Model training is performed using the samplehyperspectral image and the annotation vectors, to obtain a mineralprediction model. The technician may input a to-be-predictedhyperspectral image of a to-be-predicted area into the above mineralprediction model, to obtain the mineral category of the to-be-predictedarea.

Further referring to FIG. 6, as an implementation of the method shown inthe above drawings, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides anapparatus for training a model. The embodiment of the apparatuscorresponds to the embodiment of the method shown in FIG. 2. Theapparatus may be applied in various electronic devices.

As shown in FIG. 6, the apparatus 600 for training a model in thisembodiment includes: a first acquiring unit 601, a mask determining unit602, a sample determining unit 603, a vector determining unit 604 and amodel training unit 605.

The first acquiring unit 601 is configured to acquire a targethyperspectral image of a target area, the target hyperspectral imageincluding at least one pixel point annotated with a mineral category.

The mask determining unit 602 is configured to determine a mask imagecorresponding to the target hyperspectral image.

The sample determining unit 603 is configured to determine a samplehyperspectral image based on the target hyperspectral image and the maskimage.

The vector determining unit 604 is configured to determine annotationvectors of pixel points in the at least one pixel point based on the atleast one pixel point annotated with the mineral category.

The model training unit 605 is configured to train a model based on thesample hyperspectral image and the annotation vectors of the pixelpoints.

In some alternative implementations of this embodiment, the maskdetermining unit 602 may be further configured to: determine the maskimage based on a pixel point annotated with the mineral category and apixel point not annotated with the mineral category in the targethyperspectral image.

In some alternative implementations of this embodiment, the vectordetermining unit 604 is further configured to: determine a length of theannotation vectors according to the number of mineral categories withwhich the at least one pixel point is annotated; and determine, for apixel point in the at least one pixel point, an annotation vector of thepixel point based on a mineral category with which the pixel point isannotated.

In some alternative implementations of this embodiment, the modeltraining unit 605 may be further configured to: use the samplehyperspectral image as an input of the model to determine a predictionvector of the each pixel point; and determine a loss function valuebased on the prediction vector and an annotation vector of the eachpixel point, and iteratively training the model according to the lossfunction value.

In some alternative implementations of this embodiment, the firstacquiring unit 601 may be further configured to: acquire an initialhyperspectral image of the target area; select at least one key point inthe target area and determine a mineral category of the at least one keypoint; determine, in the initial hyperspectral image, at least one pixelpoint corresponding to the at least one key point based on an actuallocation corresponding to the at least one key point; and determine,based on a mineral category of the at least one key point, the mineralcategory with which the at least one pixel point is annotated to obtainthe target hyperspectral image.

It should be understood that the units 601-605 described in theapparatus 600 for training a model correspond to the steps in the methoddescribed with reference to FIG. 2, respectively. Thus, the aboveoperations and features described for the method for training a modelare also applicable to the apparatus 600 and the units containedtherein, which will not be repeatedly described here.

Further referring to FIG. 7, as an implementation of the method shown inthe above drawings, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides anapparatus for predicting a mineral. The embodiment of the apparatuscorresponds to the embodiment of the method shown in FIG. 4. Theapparatus may be applied in various electronic devices.

As shown in FIG. 7, the apparatus 700 for predicting a mineral in thisembodiment includes: a second acquiring unit 701 and a mineralpredicting unit 702.

The second acquiring unit 701 is configured to acquire a to-be-predictedhyperspectral image of a to-be-predicted area.

The mineral predicting unit 702 is configured to predict a mineralcategory included in the to-be-predicted area based on theto-be-predicted hyperspectral image and the model trained and obtainedthrough the embodiment shown in FIG. 2 or FIG. 3.

It should be understood that the units 701-702 described in theapparatus 700 for predicting a mineral correspond to the steps in themethod described with reference to FIG. 4, respectively. Thus, the aboveoperations and features described for the method for predicting amineral are also applicable to the apparatus 700 and the units containedtherein, which will not be repeatedly described here.

According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, an embodiment ofthe present disclosure further provides an electronic device, a readablestorage medium, and a computer program product.

FIG. 8 is a block diagram of an electronic device 800 performing themethod for training a model and the method for predicting a mineralaccording to embodiments of the present disclosure. The electronicdevice is intended to represent various forms of digital computers suchas a laptop computer, a desktop computer, a workstation, a personaldigital assistant, a server, a blade server, a mainframe computer, andother appropriate computers. The electronic device may also representvarious forms of mobile apparatuses such as personal digital processing,a cellular telephone, a smart phone, a wearable device and other similarcomputing apparatuses. The parts shown herein, their connections andrelationships, and their functions are only as examples, and notintended to limit implementations of the present disclosure as describedand/or claimed herein.

As shown in FIG. 8, the electronic device 800 includes a processor 801,which may execute various appropriate actions and processes inaccordance with a computer program stored in a read-only memory (ROM)802 or a program loaded into a random access memory (RAM) 803 from astorage device 808. The RAM 803 also stores various programs and datarequired by operations of the device 600. The processor 801, the ROM 802and the RAM 803 are connected to each other through a bus 804. Aninput/output (I/O) interface 805 is also connected to the bus 804.

The following components in the device 800 are connected to the I/Ointerface 805: an input unit 806, for example, a keyboard and a mouse;an output unit 807, for example, various types of displays and aspeaker; the storage device 808, for example, a magnetic disk and anoptical disk; and a communication unit 809, for example, a network card,a modem, a wireless communication transceiver. The communication unit809 allows the device 800 to exchange information/data with an otherdevice through a computer network such as the Internet and/or varioustelecommunication networks.

The processor 801 may be various general-purpose and/or special-purposeprocessing assemblies having processing and computing capabilities. Someexamples of the processor 801 include, but not limited to, a centralprocessing unit (CPU), a graphics processing unit (GPU), variousdedicated artificial intelligence (AI) computing chips, variousprocessors that run a machine learning model algorithm, a digital signalprocessor (DSP), any appropriate processor, controller andmicrocontroller, etc. The processor 801 performs the various methods andprocesses described above, for example, the method for training a modeland the method for predicting a mineral. For example, in someembodiments, the method for training a model may be implemented as acomputer software program, which is tangibly included in a machinereadable medium, for example, the storage device 808. In someembodiments, part or all of the computer program may be loaded intoand/or installed on the device 800 via the ROM 802 and/or thecommunication unit 809. When the computer program is loaded into the RAM803 and executed by the processor 801, one or more steps of the abovemethod for training a model and the method for predicting a mineral maybe performed. Alternatively, in other embodiments, the processor 801 maybe configured to perform the method for training a model and the methodfor predicting a mineral through any other appropriate approach (e.g.,by means of firmware).

The various implementations of the systems and technologies describedherein may be implemented in a digital electronic circuit system, anintegrated circuit system, a field programmable gate array (FPGA), anapplication specific integrated circuit (ASIC), an application specificstandard product (ASSP), a system-on-chip (SOC), a complex programmablelogic device (CPLD), computer hardware, firmware, software and/orcombinations thereof. The various implementations may include: beingimplemented in one or more computer programs, where the one or morecomputer programs may be executed and/or interpreted on a programmablesystem including at least one programmable processor, and theprogrammable processor may be a specific-purpose or general-purposeprogrammable processor, which may receive data and instructions from astorage system, at least one input device and at least one outputdevice, and send the data and instructions to the storage system, the atleast one input device and the at least one output device.

Program codes used to implement the method of embodiments of the presentdisclosure may be written in any combination of one or more programminglanguages. The above program codes may be packaged into a computerprogram product. These program codes may be provided to a processor orcontroller of a general-purpose computer, specific-purpose computer orother programmable data processing apparatus, so that the program codes,when executed by the processor 801, cause the functions or operationsspecified in the flowcharts and/or block diagrams to be implemented.These program codes may be executed entirely on a machine, partly on themachine, partly on the machine as a stand-alone software package andpartly on a remote machine, or entirely on the remote machine or aserver.

In the context of some embodiments of the present disclosure, themachine-readable medium may be a tangible medium that may include orstore a program for use by or in connection with an instructionexecution system, apparatus or device. The machine-readable medium maybe a machine-readable signal medium or a machine-readable storagemedium. The machine-readable medium may include, but is not limited to,an electronic, magnetic, optical, electromagnetic, infrared, orsemiconductor system, apparatus or device, or any appropriatecombination thereof. A more specific example of the machine-readablestorage medium may include an electronic connection based on one or morelines, a portable computer disk, a hard disk, a random-access memory(RAM), a read-only memory (ROM), an erasable programmable read-onlymemory (EPROM or flash memory), an optical fiber, a portable compactdisk read-only memory (CD-ROM), an optical storage device, a magneticstorage device, or any appropriate combination thereof.

To provide interaction with a user, the systems and technologiesdescribed herein may be implemented on a computer having: a displaydevice (such as a CRT (cathode ray tube) or LCD (liquid crystal display)monitor) for displaying information to the user; and a keyboard and apointing device (such as a mouse or a trackball) through which the usermay provide input to the computer. Other types of devices may also beused to provide interaction with the user. For example, the feedbackprovided to the user may be any form of sensory feedback (such as visualfeedback, auditory feedback or tactile feedback); and input from theuser may be received in any form, including acoustic input, speech inputor tactile input.

The systems and technologies described herein may be implemented in: acomputing system including a background component (such as a dataserver), or a computing system including a middleware component (such asan application server), or a computing system including a front-endcomponent (such as a user computer having a graphical user interface ora web browser through which the user may interact with theimplementations of the systems and technologies described herein), or acomputing system including any combination of such background component,middleware component or front-end component. The components of thesystems may be interconnected by any form or medium of digital datacommunication (such as a communication network). Examples of thecommunication network include a local area network (LAN), a wide areanetwork (WAN), and the Internet.

A computer system may include a client and a server. The client and theserver are generally remote from each other, and generally interact witheach other through the communication network. A relationship between theclient and the server is generated by computer programs running on acorresponding computer and having a client-server relationship with eachother.

It should be appreciated that the steps of reordering, adding ordeleting may be executed using the various forms shown above. Forexample, the steps described in embodiments of the present disclosuremay be executed in parallel or sequentially or in a different order, solong as the expected results of the technical schemas provided inembodiments of the present disclosure may be realized, and no limitationis imposed herein.

The above specific implementations are not intended to limit the scopeof the present disclosure. It should be appreciated by those skilled inthe art that various modifications, combinations, sub-combinations, andsubstitutions may be made depending on design requirements and otherfactors. Any modification, equivalent and modification that fall withinthe spirit and principles of the present disclosure are intended to beincluded within the scope of the present disclosure.

What is claimed is:
 1. A method for training a model, comprising: acquiring a target hyperspectral image of a target area, the target hyperspectral image including at least one pixel point annotated with a mineral category; determining a mask image corresponding to the target hyperspectral image; determining a sample hyperspectral image based on the target hyperspectral image and the mask image; determining annotation vectors of pixel points in the at least one pixel point based on the at least one pixel point annotated with the mineral category; and training a model based on the sample hyperspectral image and the annotation vectors of the pixel points.
 2. The method according to claim 1, wherein determining the mask image corresponding to the target hyperspectral image comprises: determining the mask image based on a pixel point annotated with the mineral category and a pixel point not annotated with the mineral category in the target hyperspectral image.
 3. The method according to claim 1, wherein determining the annotation vectors of pixel points in the at least one pixel point based on the at least one pixel point annotated with the mineral category comprises: determining a length of the annotation vectors according to a number of mineral categories with which the at least one pixel point is annotated; and determining, for a pixel point in the at least one pixel point, an annotation vector of the pixel point based on a mineral category with which the pixel point is annotated.
 4. The method according to claim 1, wherein training the model based on the sample hyperspectral image and the annotation vectors of the pixel points comprises: using the sample hyperspectral image as an input of the model to determine a prediction vector of the each pixel point; and determining a loss function value based on the prediction vector and an annotation vector of the each pixel point, and iteratively training the model according to the loss function value.
 5. The method according to claim 1, wherein acquiring the target hyperspectral image of the target area comprises: acquiring an initial hyperspectral image of the target area; selecting at least one key point in the target area and determining a mineral category of the at least one key point; determining, in the initial hyperspectral image, at least one pixel point corresponding to the at least one key point based on an actual location corresponding to the at least one key point; and determining, based on a mineral category of the at least one key point, the mineral category with which the at least one pixel point is annotated to obtain the target hyperspectral image.
 6. A method for predicting a mineral by using the model trained and obtained through the method according to claim 1, comprising: acquiring a to-be-predicted hyperspectral image of a to-be-predicted area; and predicting a mineral category included in the to-be-predicted area based on the to-be-predicted hyperspectral image and the model trained and obtained through the method according to claim
 1. 7. An apparatus for training a model, comprising: at least one processor; and a memory storing instructions, the instructions when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to perform operations, the operations comprising: acquiring a target hyperspectral image of a target area, the target hyperspectral image including at least one pixel point annotated with a mineral category; determining a mask image corresponding to the target hyperspectral image; determining a sample hyperspectral image based on the target hyperspectral image and the mask image; determining annotation vectors of pixel points in the at least one pixel point based on the at least one pixel point annotated with the mineral category; and training a model based on the sample hyperspectral image and the annotation vectors of the pixel points.
 8. The apparatus according to claim 7, wherein determining the mask image corresponding to the target hyperspectral image comprises: determining the mask image based on a pixel point annotated with the mineral category and a pixel point not annotated with the mineral category in the target hyperspectral image.
 9. The apparatus according to claim 7, wherein determining the annotation vectors of pixel points in the at least one pixel point based on the at least one pixel point annotated with the mineral category comprises: determining a length of the annotation vectors according to a number of mineral categories with which the at least one pixel point is annotated; and determining, for a pixel point in the at least one pixel point, an annotation vector of the pixel point based on a mineral category with which the pixel point is annotated.
 10. The apparatus according to claim 7, wherein training the model based on the sample hyperspectral image and the annotation vectors of the pixel points comprises: using the sample hyperspectral image as an input of the model to determine a prediction vector of the each pixel point; and determining a loss function value based on the prediction vector and an annotation vector of the each pixel point, and iteratively training the model according to the loss function value.
 11. The apparatus according to claim 7, wherein acquiring the target hyperspectral image of the target area comprises: acquiring an initial hyperspectral image of the target area; selecting at least one key point in the target area and determine a mineral category of the at least one key point; determining, in the initial hyperspectral image, at least one pixel point corresponding to the at least one key point based on an actual location corresponding to the at least one key point; and determining, based on a mineral category of the at least one key point, the mineral category with which the at least one pixel point is annotated to obtain the target hyperspectral image.
 12. An apparatus for predicting a mineral by using the model trained and obtained through the method according to claim 1, comprising: at least one processor; and a memory storing instructions, the instructions when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to perform operations, the operations comprising: acquiring a to-be-predicted hyperspectral image of a to-be-predicted area; and predicting a mineral category included in the to-be-predicted area based on the to-be-predicted hyperspectral image and the model trained and obtained through the method according to claim
 1. 13. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium, storing computer instructions, wherein the computer instructions, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations, the operations comprising: acquiring a target hyperspectral image of a target area, the target hyperspectral image including at least one pixel point annotated with a mineral category; determining a mask image corresponding to the target hyperspectral image; determining a sample hyperspectral image based on the target hyperspectral image and the mask image; determining annotation vectors of pixel points in the at least one pixel point based on the at least one pixel point annotated with the mineral category; and training a model based on the sample hyperspectral image and the annotation vectors of the pixel points.
 14. The medium according to claim 13, wherein determining the mask image corresponding to the target hyperspectral image comprises: determining the mask image based on a pixel point annotated with the mineral category and a pixel point not annotated with the mineral category in the target hyperspectral image.
 15. The medium according to claim 13, wherein determining the annotation vectors of pixel points in the at least one pixel point based on the at least one pixel point annotated with the mineral category comprises: determining a length of the annotation vectors according to a number of mineral categories with which the at least one pixel point is annotated; and determining, for a pixel point in the at least one pixel point, an annotation vector of the pixel point based on a mineral category with which the pixel point is annotated.
 16. The medium according to claim 13, wherein training the model based on the sample hyperspectral image and the annotation vectors of the pixel points comprises: using the sample hyperspectral image as an input of the model to determine a prediction vector of the each pixel point; and determining a loss function value based on the prediction vector and an annotation vector of the each pixel point, and iteratively training the model according to the loss function value.
 17. The medium according to claim 13, wherein acquiring the target hyperspectral image of the target area comprises: acquiring an initial hyperspectral image of the target area; selecting at least one key point in the target area and determining a mineral category of the at least one key point; determining, in the initial hyperspectral image, at least one pixel point corresponding to the at least one key point based on an actual location corresponding to the at least one key point; and determining, based on a mineral category of the at least one key point, the mineral category with which the at least one pixel point is annotated to obtain the target hyperspectral image.
 18. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium, storing computer instructions, wherein the computer instructions, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations for predicting a mineral by using the model trained and obtained through the method according to claim 1, the operations comprising: acquiring a to-be-predicted hyperspectral image of a to-be-predicted area; and predicting a mineral category included in the to-be-predicted area based on the to-be-predicted hyperspectral image and the model trained and obtained through the method according to claim
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